Great Wall watchmen undertake labor of love

He Liping, 52, has been working as a Great Wall watchman for five years in Yumen in Northwest China's Gansu province. Every two weeks, he rides his motorcycle around the Great Wall ruins, more than 20 kilometers from his home in Huahai town.

His job is to take pictures to record damage caused by nature and people and report it to the local cultural relics preservation department.

"The road from my home to the wall is bumpy, and it often takes hours to go and come back. It is quite a hard job," He said.